Guidance & Direction Verses
Let God's word be a lamp to your feet. Verses on divine direction, purpose, and life's calling.
The way of man {is} froward and strange: but {as for} the pure, his work {is} right.
The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.
A wicked man hardeneth his face: but {as for} the upright, he directeth his way. {directeth: or, considereth}
Thorns {and} snares {are} in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. {Train...: or, Catechise} {in...: Heb. in his way}
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for {riches} certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven. {set...: Heb. cause thine eyes to fly upon}
Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.
My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.
Lest the LORD see {it}, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him. {it displeaseth...: Heb. it be evil in his eyes}
Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.